chromary

≈ SalmonText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accent≈ Sky Flash#38D6F8
support≈ Sky#00C9EC
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ SalmonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Salmon #FA8072.chromary

Color Values

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HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.

How It Reads#FF9274 set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Charcoal on #FF9274#FF9274Set in Charcoal on #FF9274, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
#FF9274 on Charcoal#FF9274Set in #FF9274 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
Maroon on #FF9274#FF9274Set in Maroon on #FF9274, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#FF9274 on Maroon#FF9274Set in #FF9274 on Maroon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#FF9274 on Iron#FF9274Set in #FF9274 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #FF9274#FF9274Set in Iron on #FF9274, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #FF9274

#FF9274
Red-blind (protanopia)
#FF9274
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#FF9274
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#FF9274
No color (achromatopsia)